Dutch king won’t use golden carriage criticised for slavery painting

The Netherlands' King Willem-Alexander has ruled out using the royal family's golden carriage after claims a painting on the side of it glorifies the country's colonial past, including its role in the global slave...

‘Massive cyber attack’ shuts down Ukraine government websites

Ukraine has been hit by a "massive cyber attack", knocking a number of key government websites offline and issuing a warning to the public to "expect the worst".The disruption comes at a time of...

Djokovic to be detained again as Australia cancels tennis star’s visa

Novak Djokovic will be detained again in Australia from tomorrow morning after his lawyers appealed a decision by the country's immigration minister to cancel his visa for a second time.The tennis star first had...

Novak Djokovic’s visa cancelled by Australia’s immigration minister

Novak Djokovic's visa has been cancelled by Australia's immigration minister on public health grounds, casting further doubt over his participation in the first grand slam of the year.The tennis star first had his visa...

Chinese spy Christine Lee operated out in the open, damaging trust and creating an atmosphere of paranoia

Spies come in different flavours. Christine Ching Kui Lee isn't the cloak and dagger type who works for China's Ministry of State Security. If she were, she wouldn't still be in the UK. Three...

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre says she will ‘continue to expose the truth’ about alleged abuse

The woman who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault has said she will "continue to expose the truth" and thanked the judge who rejected the royal's attempts to have the lawsuit thrown out.Virginia...

Talks between the West and Russia on Ukraine crisis are ending in deadlock and risk of war remains as real as ever

Europe has not been this close to war for three decades.That was the stark assessment delivered to 57 nations in Vienna on Thursday.The chair of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE),...

Conviction of ex-intelligence officer ‘very small step on very long journey’, says daughter of missing Syrian man

The daughter of a man missing since 2013 says Germany's conviction of a Syrian ex-intelligence officer should not absolve the international community for its failures to deal with President al Assad's war crimes.Anwar Raslan,...